Teachornottoteach——phoneticsymbolsinprimaryEnglishclassroom人民教育出版社2008-10-18Teachornottoteach:arealheadacheAsthenationalcurriculumstandardandmostnewly-publishedtextbooksdonotsupportphoneticsymbols(PS)teachingwhilemanyteachersarguethatit’sespeciallyhelpful,whetherornottoteachPSinprimaryEnglishinChinahasbecomeaproblemtroublingbothteachers,teachertrainers.Thereisnosimpleanswertothisteach-or-notquestion.Teachornottoteach:twosurveys“DoyouthinkteachingPSusefultoyourstudents?”“WhyDoyouthinkso?”SurveyA(2007-2008)1024teachers(fromBJ,TJ,HB,JX,LN,YN,XJ)SurveyB(2008)5000teachers(online)Teachornottoteach:teacher’sresponse(I)“YES!”(64.4%)andreasons:betterpronunciationvocabularylearning(reading/spelling/remembering)reviewingandself-learning(afterclass)Nomore扑栗子给乌蜜择不如不可偷猫肉!theproblemoffossilizationuseofdictionariesTeachornottoteach:teachersresponse(II)“NO!”(35.6%)andreasons:boringpressureforbothteachersandlearnerskillthechildren'sinterestscauseconfusionbetweenletters,pinyinandPSdifficult/notsuitableforchildren“phonics”maybeabetterchoiceTeachornottoteach:whatspecialistssay(I)陈琳:小学开设英语课会加重学生负担吗?N王蔷:小学英语课程该怎么开?N程慕胜:学英语不宜用国际音标?N练玉春,张亚群:小学英语音标可以放弃吗?Y《光明日报》(2001)邓一琳:小学生要不要学习音标?Y付军:小学生先学国际音标不好!N马承:字母音素音标三位一体法(直呼式韵律法)Y章兼中:直接拼音英语Y李如云:表音密码N高明兰:实证研究(2008)Y邱建华:字母拼读教学的实证研究(2007)Y汪国萍:小英起始阶段培养学生拼读能力的可行性和必要性YTeachornottoteach:whatspecialistssay(II)Cheng(程晓堂)小学阶段不主张教音标;学生学单词拼音不建议学音标;势必加重学生学习的负担;学习语音最佳途径是听说,不应该是识别音标符号;音标强调正确和准确但实际语言运用中不总是强调准确;语言学习最有效的方法是直接模仿正确的发音;建议教师在课堂上让学生多听,多模仿。Teachornottoteach:whatspecialistssay(III)Lu(鲁子问)教师中流传一种说法:新课标反对教音标,这是以讹传讹而泼在课程标准上的脏水.音标教学是否可以促进培养学生的英语运用能力呢?当然能!关键在于如何教。为什么要学音标?因为英语教育学家发现这一符号系统可以帮助学习者了解单词的读音和记忆单词的拼写。Teachornottoteach:whatspecialistssay(IV)中国儿童在记忆英语单词时确实运用了记忆策略。主要是听磁带。随年龄增长,部分孩子运用国际音标知识进行记忆。在记忆英语单词拼写时,他们共使用了10种记忆策略:死记硬背、熟悉的词、国际音标、音节、构词法、读音规则、视觉框架、词形联想、汉语拼音、随意拆分。国外学者认为对记忆单词非常有效的策略,中国儿童未用。(Chen&Zhang,2001)(陈桦,张益芳)中国儿童英语词汇记忆策略探索外语学刊.2001(4).Teachornottoteach:whatspecialistssay(V)洪明.英汉语音差异对英语语音习得产生的母语负迁移作用浙江师范大学学报.2004(2).张允,李英杰,刘杰.试论汉语拼音再英语语音教学中的正迁移作用[J].基础教育外语教学研究.2005(1).Teachornottoteach:whenGrade5(48%)Grade4(29%)Grade6(14%)Grade3(9%)Teachornottoteach:howmuch&howKnowofsomething?Read?Write?Remember?ornotTest?ornotIntensively(Gao:2008)?orextensivelyPS?OrphonicsTeachornottoteach:reflectionThereisnorightorwronganswersorsimplesolutiontotheproblem.Whatisright?Whatisreasonable?Whatispractical?Whatispossible?Teachornottoteach:reflectionParticularityWho?Where?What?Why?Teacher’spreferenceandskill.Learner’sandteachers’needs.Teachornottoteach:lookingforward…beyond-method(NomoreR-or-Wquestion)comparativestudyandcasestudyWhichismoreefficient?Suitable?forwhom?teachereducationHowmuchandinwhatwaychenli@pep.com.cnThankyou!